The love of Glory inspired them, Fame has crowned their deeds, History records the event. The Children of Columbia admire and Commerce laments their fall.

Erected in the memory of Captain Richard Somers, Lieutenant James Caldwell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and John Dorsey who fell in the difficult attacks that were made on the city of Tripoli in the Year of our Lord 1804 and in the 28 Year of the independence of the United States.

As a small tribute of respect to their memory and of Admiration of their valour so worthy of imitation their brother officers have erected this monument

GioI. Charles Micali Invenio In Livorno 1806

Erected 1808.

Location. 38° 58.988′ N, 76° 29.255′ W. Marker is in Annapolis, Maryland, in Anne Arundel County. Marker can be reached from Decatur Road. Touch for map. On the US Naval Academy Campus. Marker is in this post office area: Annapolis MD 21401, United States of America.

Erected in the memory of Captain Richard Somers, Lieutenant James Caldwell, James Decatur, Henry Wadsworth, Joseph Israel, and John Dorsey who fell in the difficult attacks that were made on the city of Tripoli in the Year of our Lord 1804 and in the 28 Year of the independence of the United States.

More about this marker. This monument was installed at the Navy Yard in Washington DC in 1808. It was moved to the US Capitol in 1831 and moved again to the US Naval Academy in 1860. It was originally called "The Naval Monument".

The love of Glory inspired them, Fame has crowned their deeds, History records the event. The Children of Columbia admire and Commerce laments their fall.

By Allen C. Browne, June 13, 2013

4. The Tripoli Monument

As a small tribute of respect to their memory and of Admiration of their valour so worthy of imitation their brother officers have erected this monument.

By Allen C. Browne, June 13, 2013

5. The Tripoli Monument

Giol. Charles Micali Invenio In Livorno 1806

By Allen C. Browne, June 13, 2013

6. The Tripoli Monument

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7. History

Allegorical figure on the Tripoli Monument

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8. Victory

Allegorical figure on the Tripoli Monument

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9. Columbia and Her Children

Allegorical figures on the Tripoli Monument

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10. Commerce

Allegorical figure on the Tripoli Monument.

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11. E Pluribus Unum

By Allen C. Browne, June 15, 2013

12. A Tripolitan Pirate

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